New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Standing Committee Chairperson Satya Sharma informed that around 6,127 km of MCD roads are being manually swept by nearly 57,000 Safai Mitras as the civic body has stepped up enforcement and pollution-control measures ahead of the winter.

He further stressed that MCD has taken up resurfacing and strengthening of 1,202 km of roads this year and repaired 6,797 potholes between April and August.

As part of the Deep Cleaning Drive, launched on May 18, around 2,900 metric tonnes of silt have been removed. MCD is using 66 mechanical sweeping machines, which collect around 180 tonnes of dust daily. The corporation has proposed 70 more such machines, floated a tender for 40 additiona...